Modified Blalock-Taussig shunts: Results in infants less than 3 months of age

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 797 - 801
• Main Authors: Tamisier, Daniel, Vouhé, Pascal R., Vernant, Françoise, Leca, Francine, Massot, Christian, Neveux, Jean-Yves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.1990; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Anastomosis, Surgical - methods; Anastomosis, Surgical - mortality; Biological and medical sciences; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Medical sciences; Palliative Care - methods; Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Reoperation; Risk Factors; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Survival Rate; Vascular Patency; Human; Palliative surgery; Congenital; Cardiovascular disease; Cyanotic heart disease; Result; Blalock Taussig operation; Newborn; Treatment; Heart disease; Surgery; Process modification; Technique; Age

The optimal procedure for shunting palliation in cyanotic infants remains to be determined. Sixty-two infants less than 3 months of age underwent 33 modified Blalock-Taussig shunts. Their age range at operation was 1 to 84 days (mean, 16 ± 20 days). Shunts were constructed using 5-mm polytetrafluoro...